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Carleton University Art Gallery will be hosting a talk by Robert Holton<\/strong>, as part of our exhibition\u00a0\u201cWe are continually exposed to the flashbulb of death\u201d: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg (1953 \u2013 1996<\/a>). If you can, please join us for his talk:\u00a0Ginsberg\u2019s Snapshots: Beats, Bohemians and Social Magic.\u00a0<\/strong>And please spread the word to anyone you think would be interested!<\/p>\n

CUAG Lunchtime Lecture: Ginsberg\u2019s Snapshots: Beats, Bohemians and Social Magic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 19 October, 2016, 12:15p.m. \u2013 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Each semester, we showcase a Carleton faculty member whose academic interests complements one of our current exhibitions, and invite them to give a talk on their research.<\/p>\n

The photographs in \u201cWe are Continually Exposed to the Flashbulb of Death\u201d: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg (1953-1993) create a vivid portrait of the Beat Generation, a term that came to describe those who rebelled against the materialism and conformity of middle-class America and embraced freedom, sexual openness, and spontaneity.<\/p>\n

This counter-culture arose from bohemia, a concept that\u2019s been around for more than 150 years, spreading outward from Paris in the mid-nineteenth century and recreated over and over by subsequent generations as young artists and dissidents, eccentrics and risk-takers sought alternatives to mainstream modernity. In this lecture, Robert Holton (Department of English) will consider the photographs in the context of this history and, more particularly, Ginsberg\u2019s \u201cHowl\u201d and his role in the establishment of the Beat Generation as the most significant postwar bohemia.<\/p>\n

Bring your lunch, the gallery will provide coffee and tea, and we\u2019ll all learn something new!<\/p>\n

Robert Holton\u00a0<\/strong>is a Professor of English Literature at Carleton University, where his recent research involves an exploration of the linked discourses of conformism and alienation that had a major impact on postwar American culture. He co-edited What\u2019s Your Road? Critical Essays on Jack Kerouac\u2019s On the Road<\/em> (2009) from Southern Illinois University Press.<\/p>\n

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